Technical Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment of Regional Development Activities

Author: Shi Hanmin
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Publish Date: 2000-05-01
Features: This book is compiled based on the summarization of the environmental impact assessment work for regional development activities in Beijing in recent years. The book consists of three parts and fifteen chapters. Part 1 covers the concept, characteristics, principles of environmental impact assessment for regional development activities and its relationship with regional development planning management; Part 2 focuses on the preparation of the environmental impact assessment outline for regional development activities, including writing content and preparation procedures, identification and selection of impact factors, evaluation standards, scope, duration, and implementation plans; Part 3 discusses the preparation of the environmental impact assessment report for regional development activities, including writing content and preparation procedures, source analysis, environmental status investigation and evaluation, impact prediction and evaluation, rational analysis of planning schemes, comprehensive environmental impact assessment, regional environmental management system planning, and public participation. The appendix provides commonly used parameter estimations in environmental impact assessments and several key issues concerning regional development assessments. This book is highly focused and practical, serving as a guide for regional development assessment work and also a reference book for teaching in environmental management, environmental planning, regional planning, and related fields.